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Four found guilty of New Delhi rape and murder

Four Indian men have been found guilty of the brutal rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus last December and could receive the death penalty.

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EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: Four Indian men have been found guilty of the brutal rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus last December. The men could receive the death penalty for the crime, which sparked international outrage about the treatment of women in India. South Asia correspondent Michael Edwards reports from New Delhi.

MICHAEL EDWARDS, REPORTER: Amid tight security with their faces hidden, the four were taken by bus into the court complex to hear the verdicts.

AP SINGH, DEFENECE LAWYER (TRANSLATION): All four accused have been found guilty on all sections that were framed during the investigation.

MICHAEL EDWARDS: They were found guilty of luring the woman and her male friend onto a bus at night last December. As the bus drove through the streets of the capital, the men repeatedly raped and tortured the 23 year old woman using a metal bar before dumping her and her friend on the road. The woman, now known to Indians as Nirbhaya, died from her injuries in a Singapore hospital two weeks later. The victim's parents want the death penalty.

NIRBHAYA'S FATHER (TRANSLATION): If they don't get the death sentence Nirbhaya would not get justice.

MICHAEL EDWARDS: Sentencing hearings for the four men begin on Wednesday. A teenager, also involved in the attack, was convicted last month. As a juvenile he was sentenced to three years in a boys home.

There's been intense media interest in this trial. It took place in a fast frack court set up especially for this case. The prosecution presented over 80 witnesses and relied on DNA evidence to get the convictions.

A 5th defendant, Ram Singh, accused of being the ringleader in the attack, was found dead in his prison cell in March. Lawyers for the convicted men say they intend to appeal against their convictions.